E-Bbc MS BM 853c

Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain

fragment: end of 14th/ beginning of 15th cent.

Archive Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain (E-Bbc)
Shelfmark MS BM 853c
Surface Parchment
Numbering System None
Measurements 350 x 240 mm
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
Provenance
Contents 7 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Fragments of a manuscript. Their provenance is unknown, but their size and the meticulous work with which they have been written suggest that the original manuscript belonged to an important institution, such as the Royal Chapel of Aragon.

Concordances & Cognates:

  • APT - Apt, Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Bibliothèque du Chapitre, 16bis

  • BA1 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, BM 853b

  • BA2 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971 (olim 946)

  • BA3 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971c

  • BO1 - Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2216

  • BO2 - Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Ms Q 15.

  • BRU - Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique, fonds St. Gudule, 2nd Fragment

  • GER - Gerona, Archivo Capitular, frag. 33/II

  • GRO - Grottaferrata, Badia Greca, Biblioteca, collocazione provisoria 197

  • KER - Kernaskléden, frescoes in the church of Notre Dame

  • MAD - Madrid, Archivo Histórico Nacional, Carpeta 1474, frag. 17

  • PAD - Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 684

  • STR - Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Municipale (olim Bibliothèque de la Ville) 222 C. 22

  • WAS - Washington, Library of Congress, M 2.1.C 6a. 14

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Physical Description

Originally, the fragment consisted of eight folios, but the folio that would be number seven has been removed and is lost.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

nine red systems per page

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Foliation

Foliation (arabic numbers) in pencil

DIAMM, 2020
Decoration

The initials are partly doubled in red

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Surface

Parchment

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4r

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie - Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Motet
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Rex immense magestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie
General Note

1v–2 Kyrie: Ave desiderii / Cum partu mirabilis - Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–2
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie: [A]ve desiderii / [C]um partu mirabilis
2 Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie
2v–4v Gloria, semper flore amenissismus - Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–4v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Gloria
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria, ... semper flore amenissismus
5 Kyrie eleison -
Appears on: 5
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie eleison
5v–6v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous
Appears on: 5v–6v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (fragment)
7r–7v (formerly 8-8v) Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] -
Appears on: 7r–7v (formerly 8-8v)
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)

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denotes primary source study

Gómez Muntané, Maria del Carmen. 1978. Neue Quellen mit mehrstimmiger geistlicher Musik des 14. Jahrhunderts in Spanien. Acta Musicologica, 208ff.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note; DIAMM Note